Background
Corson, Fred Pierce was born on April 11, 1896 in Millville, New Jersey, United States. Son of Jeremiah and Mary E. (Payne) Corson.
Corson, Fred Pierce was born on April 11, 1896 in Millville, New Jersey, United States. Son of Jeremiah and Mary E. (Payne) Corson.
1 son, Hampton Payne. Bachelor of Arts, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1917, Master of Arts, 1920, Doctor of Divinity, 1931, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1944. Bachelor of Divinity, Drew University, 1920.
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Doctor of Humane Letters numerous honorary degrees including, Saint Charles Borromeo Catholic Seminary, 1981.
Ordained to ministry Methodist Episcopal Church, 1920, consecrated bishop, 1944, pastor, Jackson Heights, New York, New Haven, Portuguese Washington, New York, Simpson Church, Brooklyn, until 1929. Superintendent Brooklyn Southern District, New York East Conference, 1930-1934. President Dickinson College, 1934-1944, also trustee.
Permanent chaplain Faith of Our Fathers Chapel, Freedoms Foundation, 1968-1985.
Titular pastor Old Saint George’s Church, 1968-1985. Bishop-in-residence Christ United Methodist Church, Saint St. Petersburg, Florida.
Member ecumenical theological symposium 41st Eucharistic Congress. Trustee Wyoming Seminary, Pennington School for Boys, Drew University, Westminster Theological Seminary, Lycoming College.
Honorary president trustee Temple University.
President Council Bishops, 1952-1953. Fraternal messenger to General Conference Brazil, 1950. Vice president Methodist World Council, 1956-1961, president, 1961-1966, now senior presiding bishop.
Official Methodist representative Kirchentag Assembly, Stuttgart, Germany, 1952.
Member Bishops Common for Methodist-Catholic Conversations, 1968-1985. Senior consultant to schools and colleges
United Methodist Church, since 1968. Civilian director 32d College Training.
Special lecturer various colleges universities, since 1945, delegate to general conference, 1932, 40, 44.
Member university senate, member book committee, world peace commission Detachment (air crew), 1943-1944. Member National Council Churches of Christ, Committee on International Goodwill, Pennsylvania Government"s Committee for Revision State Constitution. Chairman Secretary of War’s Clergy Commission To Inspect Occupied Countries of Europe, 1948.
Official representative Methodist Church to Centennial Celebration of Methodism in China, 1948.
Official Methodist representative to Army and Navy Chaplains, Japan, 1948. Delegate World Council Churches, 1954.
Religious consultant Armed Forces in Far East Command, 1954. Chaplain Republican and Democratic national conversations, 1948, 52.
Delegate, observer 2d Vatican Council, Rome, 1962, 63, 64, 65.
President General Board Education, Methodist Church, 1948-1960.
Member Newcomen Society, Phi Beta Kappa (Bicentennial fellow 1976), Phi Beta Kappa Associates, Kappa Sigma, Omicron Delta Kappa, Tau Kappa Alpha.
Married Frances Beaman, March 22, 1922.